No rest for the (wicked) Catasetum OR a weekend of dormancy.....

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

steve said it was dying!!! i went into a tailspin...what can i say?!?

it'll just have more scars and stories to tell later

Ha! I had definitely written that one off as a goner!! lol

Sometimes its good to be wrong!

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

I've never grown a Catasetum. I may just have to try. But I'm horrible with Den nobiles. Hmmmmm.

They are pretty different. Your luck can distinguish and won’t follow you to this genus

---------- Post added at 02:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:16 PM ----------

Originally Posted by isurus79

Ha! I had definitely written that one off as a goner!! lol

Sometimes its good to be wrong!

I am not going to be able to credit the original speaker but....


Your ‘wrong’ is still better than most people’s ‘right’

[Roberta]

For what it is worth, I was getting ready to euthanize this Cycnoches barthiorum... when it was going dormant, the main pseudobulb was clearly on its way out, there was a keiki for which I didn't have much hope. But look what I found... the main pseudobulb (to the right) is completely dead, and had parted company with any roots that it had. But the keiki is green, firm, and looks like it is getting ready to push roots. So, I just repotted it so that the live pseudobulb (which had been growing in air) will have medium to grow into. That pseudobulb has been living on absolutely nothing for several months, since the one that it was attached to is at the crunchy stage. If it's green, there's hope...

[DirtyCoconuts]

Wow! That is a survivor!

[DirtyCoconuts]

updates

Ghost by J Solo, on Flickr

the "dead" growth (I'm not dead yet [ Monty Python voice])

Ghost by J Solo, on Flickr

Ghost by J Solo, on Flickr

and the two late guys who are still in "dormancy"

Ghost by J Solo, on Flickr

[Roberta]

That "dead one" looks great. I don't count these things out until they stay dead through a season. As for "late"... yours are waking up early in the Florida sun. I have a few early ones, a few that never did go completely dormant, and most still sitting there. Which is good, because when they get leafy and big before the nights warm up where I live, they have to stay crammed in the greenhouse. Another month at least. The later ones can move outside as soon as they start taking up space. You don't have that problem...

[isurus79]

Looks good!

[DirtyCoconuts]

updated shots

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

i moved this one higher bc of the little sunburn spot on the left bulb
Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

Catesetum progress by J Solo, on Flickr

even my teeny Millenium witchcraft is awake...i have only one more still dormant

here is the wall i am moving them to..it gets early full sun, then a little broken sunlight until 12-130 and then bright shade for the rest of the day

Seidenfedenea by J Solo, on Flickr

[WaterWitchin]

One of these days when I grow up, Imma grow a catasetum!

[DirtyCoconuts]

don't rush to grow up